Week Thirty – Four: In Which I Have Taken Advice

I do love regular readers and am quietly chuffed to discover that the answer to my question was a resounding YES! The question was whether or not, the folks reading the reviews on Talk Audio really wanted the Full Geek of major detail and full-length reviews. I myself have always wanted to read more about any one thing that I have been keen on, in a review and indeed, there are some huge, wordy monsters out there in the amateur-writer zone.
One serious industry figure told me how much he hates the 250-words-and-still-get-it-wrong reviews that he has experienced from a big magazine and said he prefers in-depth, too.
Yet all this advice came with a couple of home-hitting provisos, which is that it is also a really good idea to permit access to the reviews’ conclusions and basis as an easy dip-in and grab type thing, or in other words, to put a bit in like they do in my beloved Anglers Mail, called ‘In a Nutshell’ and there’s no fat on that title, any more than there aughta be in the paragraph that follows it.
I have had news that the CS-AT1100 bass tube by Fusion has arrived safely at the winner’s gaff and we are promised shots of it soon, installed!
Meanwhile, I have motored into the reviews a bit better as promised and will get on to some more. I still have that stash of subwoofers and my new electric screwdriver’s started making a screeching noise as it runs.a reviewer’s life for me!
And the first of three separate events being held in the memory of Joe ‘Da Earthquaker’ Ajji, is the Propper Droppers’ Sound off on Saturday the 3rd September at Arena Essex. There’s a thread on their forum all about it here: link
There is to be an SPL day held in his name in Hayes soon, at Car Audio & Security and I gather Ian Pinder and Ed Elson are organising something especially for him at Thurrock Lakeside soon as well. I’ll keep you informed as I learn more.
Adam Rayner Online Editor